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okokok
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blaseblasphemener
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| Ah, truly one of our nation's proudest moments. I AM CANADIAN! |
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Newbie
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That was beautiful.... brought a tear to my eye.
Goddam the failure of communism... we just don't have Russia vs. Canada games like that anymore |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:17 am Post subject: |
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My very first Junior A hockey game was against the Moscow Dynamo. Towards the end of the second they wired a shot at our goalie after the whistle which started a scuffle, for which I was on the ice for. Then their whole bench emptied on to the ice and it was still just the 5 of us and 24 (yeah, they dressed 24 players) of them, but then our whole team came on. Most of our team was from Northern Ontario and we had about 5 First Nations guys (anybody who plays hockey knows that these gus like the rough game) and our guys ended up beating the crap out of their whole team. I didn't really contribute much to the fight myself, aside from having my knee on top of one guys face pinning it to the ice and holding another guy, but one of my friends beat the shit out of a guy right beside me, looked like some guy hitting a punching bag. It was a great time and a great introduction to Junior A hockey. We won the game 4-1. We didn't win much for the rest of the year though.  |
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blaseblasphemener
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| My very first Junior A hockey game was against the Moscow Dynamo. Towards the end of the second they wired a shot at our goalie after the whistle which started a scuffle, for which I was on the ice for. Then their whole bench emptied on to the ice and it was still just the 5 of us and 24 (yeah, they dressed 24 players) of them, but then our whole team came on. Most of our team was from Northern Ontario and we had about 5 First Nations guys (anybody who plays hockey knows that these gus like the rough game) and our guys ended up beating the crap out of their whole team. I didn't really contribute much to the fight myself, aside from having my knee on top of one guys face pinning it to the ice and holding another guy, but one of my friends beat the *beep* out of a guy right beside me, looked like some guy hitting a punching bag. It was a great time and a great introduction to Junior A hockey. We won the game 4-1. We didn't win much for the rest of the year though. |
I don't think the Hanson's were technically First Nations guys, but they should at least get an honorable-First Nations status. Your wonderful story brought visions of the Hanson's to my mind. |
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okokok
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| My very first Junior A hockey game was against the Moscow Dynamo. |
Moscow Dynamo, consistently one of the top teams in the Russian Super League, a team that plays exhibition games against NHL teams and wins ( http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?10000007 just as a quick example ), is playing games against Canadian Jr. A teams? Come on. And you beat them too! |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| okokok wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| My very first Junior A hockey game was against the Moscow Dynamo. |
Moscow Dynamo, consistently one of the top teams in the Russian Super League, a team that plays exhibition games against NHL teams and wins ( http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?10000007 just as a quick example ), is playing games against Canadian Jr. A teams? Come on. And you beat them too! |
Come on now 
Just like most major sports teams in Europe, it starts at the ground roots level and people work their way up through the system to hopefully play for the major team someday. We played the Junior aged team.
If you are going to be smug, do some research first. |
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okokok
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You did say 'the Moscow Dynamo'.
Not being smug, just needed clarification. |
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Jeju Rocks
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happeningthang
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I never quite understood why brawling was such an admirable part of the game. People are proud of this?
I didn't grow up with this game, but looking at stuff like this just makes me feel even more that ice hockey is WWF on ice. It's not a good look. |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| happeningthang wrote: |
I never quite understood why brawling was such an admirable part of the game. People are proud of this?
I didn't grow up with this game, but looking at stuff like this just makes me feel even more that ice hockey is WWF on ice. It's not a good look. |
WWF is set-up, hockey brawls are real.
Brawls happen very, very rarely, especially these days. Hockey can be a dangerous sport, very dangerous, and one of the biggest deterents people have from doing something really stupid and really hurting someone is knowing that if they do it, there is a good chance someone will turn their face into a punching bag. Anybody that plays hockey, knows this is the truth. If you grew up around the sport, I am sure you would understand. |
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inspector gadget
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I remember that game very well, I was at home watching it with some friends, we were really looking forward to the game because a friend of ours was playing for team Canada.
Our buddy David Latta was on the ice and said it was absolutly crazy. There was no regretting the actions of the Canadians, David said after in the dressing room the coaches were not mad but said they did the right thing.
Last summer back in Canada I met David and two other friends for a round of golf and the brawl came up in conversation as you can expect, we all reminisced a little and he said he still doesn't regret the moment he jumped on the ice.
A classic Canadaian / Russian battle indeed. |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| inspector gadget wrote: |
I remember that game very well, I was at home watching it with some friends, we were really looking forward to the game because a friend of ours was playing for team Canada.
Our buddy David Latta was on the ice and said it was absolutly crazy. There was no regretting the actions of the Canadians, David said after in the dressing room the coaches were not mad but said they did the right thing.
Last summer back in Canada I met David and two other friends for a round of golf and the brawl came up in conversation as you can expect, we all reminisced a little and he said he still doesn't regret the moment he jumped on the ice.
A classic Canadaian / Russian battle indeed. |
Yeah, the Canadian/Soviet Cold War was a little different from the American/Soviet Cold War. You were pretty much guaranteed an intense Canada/USSR game back then. |
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poker player
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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AJ-you played on that Junior A team? I'm impressed. My son had a cup of coffee in Junior B before realizing he was never going to make it to the NHL and finally went to uni.
You'll love my favorite hockey story that never made the sports pages, comes from my old friend Garry Unger (yeah I'm that old) who played for a long time in the NHL including the late 60s for the Red Wings with Gordie Howe. I can't remember the team they were playing but a rookie who had just scored against the Wings, skated past the Wing bench with a big toothy smile on his face and then turned for the centre ice face off circle. Unger was sitting near Gary Bergman who yelled down the bench to Gordie Howe-"you or me big fella?" Gordie jumped over the boards as the Wings changed their line and said something like "my turn." When play went into the Wing's corner the rookie goes in against Howe and then there was the usual scrum of 5 or 6 players for the puck which was eventually frozen. As Gordie skates back to the bench, the rook is lying on the ice holding his bleeding mouth staring in disbelief at his teeth on the ice. No penalty, no protest from the other team-they knew who's house they were in-probably just an octopus thrown on the ice in appreciation for the sharpest elbows and 1 of the best players ever to play the game. No Howes in the NHL today-it's a shame. |
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ajgeddes
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AJ-you played on that Junior A team? I'm impressed. My son had a cup of coffee in Junior B before realizing he was never going to make it to the NHL and finally went to uni.
You'll love my favorite hockey story that never made the sports pages, comes from my old friend Garry Unger (yeah I'm that old) who played for a long time in the NHL including the late 60s for the Red Wings with Gordie Howe. I can't remember the team they were playing but a rookie who had just scored against the Wings, skated past the Wing bench with a big toothy smile on his face and then turned for the centre ice face off circle. Unger was sitting near Gary Bergman who yelled down the bench to Gordie Howe-"you or me big fella?" Gordie jumped over the boards as the Wings changed their line and said something like "my turn." When play went into the Wing's corner the rookie goes in against Howe and then there was the usual scrum of 5 or 6 players for the puck which was eventually frozen. As Gordie skates back to the bench, the rook is lying on the ice holding his bleeding mouth staring in disbelief at his teeth on the ice. No penalty, no protest from the other team-they knew who's house they were in-probably just an octopus thrown on the ice in appreciation for the sharpest elbows and 1 of the best players ever to play the game. No Howes in the NHL today-it's a shame. |
I don't know what team you are talking about.  I also had a short stint in Junior B.
My uncle played on the Red Wings with Gordie Howe and always talked about how awesome he was and how tough he was. |
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